Introduction and Food Recommendation of Xiyue Temple in Huashan Mountain
Brief introduction of Xiyue Temple architecture
Xiyue Temple, which worships the martial god King of Huashan Mountain in Xiyue, is the mainstream holy land of Taoism. In the first year (BC 134), the Jiling Palace was built in Huangfuyukou, moved to the present site, and later renamed Xiyue Temple, which was an important place for emperors to sacrifice gods.
The temple covers an area of 124000 square meters. There are many inscriptions on the West Temple, including the Kazuki Watanabe Musician Temple Monument in the Later Zhou Dynasty, the Huashan Monument in the Tang Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, and the Huashan Lying Map in the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty. At the beginning of the picture, there are poems and paintings inscribed by famous people in Tang and Song Dynasties such as Wang Wei, Li Bai, Du Fu and Chen Tuan, and the inscription "Lian Yue Lingshu" in Ganlong Imperial Book.
This article is accompanied by a famous snack in Huayin County, saying that you can enjoy authentic snacks while visiting scenic spots.
This tour is the second day after we came back from Hukou Waterfall. Get up at 8 am. I'm a little hungry. Find something to eat first. The recommendations on various apps are dazzling, and you can really feel it if you try it.
Overview of road map
The most famous snack in huayin city is at the intersection of Yuemiao Road and Taihua Road, which is the best place to have breakfast. Prepare your stomach, it's full of hard goods. Cake-Huayin's famous snack, you may all know that "the flowers bloom and the moon is full that year". In fact, the best cake is in Huayin, and the best cake in Huayin is in the South Ring Road (according to local people).
3 yuan each. Can't you believe it? The red and white color, soft and waxy taste and slightly sweet taste at the entrance are wonderful. They are more delicious than anything I have eaten anywhere. They are really snacks. There are two glutinous rice cake shops here, both of which are delicious. When eating rice cakes, you must use zongzi leaves instead of disposable lunch boxes to truly appreciate the soul of food.
There are old Tongguan Chinese hamburger and rice noodles next to it. These two things are common, so I'm not going to do them. However, when you really eat it in your mouth, you will feel the local characteristics. The meat folder here is crisp outside and tender inside, the meat is rotten but not broken, and it tastes sweet and fragrant. Very good, highly recommended.
Rice flour is a local specialty, with a little pickles. It's totally two flavors. I drank all the soup. It hasn't started yet. I'm full. What should I do? Pack it. The snacks here are delicious.
When I left, I packed five steamed buns, five steamed buns, some boiled steamed buns and pig's head steamed buns. It is said that this noodle restaurant is the most famous snack bar in Huayin. I will come back this afternoon to experience it.
Have a good meal and start today's trip. The parking lot in front of Yuemiao is still very large and free. Attention is free. Arrive early in the morning and the car can stop at will. Park the car and get ready to buy a ticket.
Here is the joint ticket for Huashan Scenic Spot, and the single scenic spot is also 180 yuan, which is not cost-effective. This is also a big obstacle to the number of tourists in Xiyue Temple. The good news is that Xiyue Temple is often visited for free. Today, I caught up with it, saving 500 yuan and eating more delicious food.
You'd better find a guide to visit these scenic spots. Today is freedom day, and the tour guide doesn't know where to hide. Find an app and listen to the explanation. Take a look at the overall guide map first. The structure of Xiyue Temple is as follows: Haolingmen-Guoxingmen-Gong Ling-Bedroom-Wanshou Pavilion-Turret.
The gate is gate zero, and several red gates with golden rivets are very imposing.
Listen: Linghaomen, also known as Liansanmen, is the main building of Xiyue Temple, with nine wide rooms and five deep rooms. This is the place where the emperor or imperial envoys worship Shen Yue. The whole hall is located on the raised platform of Xumi Mountain, surrounded by cloisters, with towering cornices and numerous arches. On the lintel of the main hall, there is a gold plaque of "Linghao Hall", which is a memorial tablet dedicated to "Xishan God"
The third door is the stargate. According to the local people, this kind of voice, like the local dialect, will become a spiritual star after crossing the gate. Spirituality means that a person is very smart, so it is called' this person is very spiritual', which is very tasteful in Shaanxi dialect. This is also the place I remember the most.
Listen to the introduction: the first door is the third door of Xiyue Temple. This is an arched gatehouse with seven bays. Three of them are tall gatehouses, and the prominent middle gatehouse is the tallest. Each room is separated by brick hard hills, and the double walls are wing rooms, with a total of four rooms. The overall appearance is like a magnificent seven-story eight-column archway. Its subtlety lies in the dense archway, and the nine faucets carved on the head of the longer archway show the height of the temple. Therefore, Xingmen Temple is called Xiyue Temple' Jiulongkou'. Entering the gate, the central stone archway in the courtyard stands tall, which is a five-story archway with four pillars and three bays in the Qing Dynasty. It uses various techniques, such as round carving, through carving, relief carving and line carving, to carve many patterns, symbolizing the auspicious and rich things in China traditional culture. The couplets carved on the north column illustrate the scope and function of Huashan God. The whole archway is beautiful in shape and ingenious in structure. On the east and west sides of the memorial archway are two Ming Dynasty monuments, which are tall and majestic. In the east, there is a monument to the desecration of Wuyue River in the third year of Ming Hongwu, and in the west, there is a monument to the reconstruction of Xiyue Temple in Huayin County in the Wanli period of Ming Dynasty.
There is an open land outside the gate. There are thousands of coopers and many historical sites here, which I am not very interested in. However, Tianwei's archway is very imposing.
Go straight ahead and you will reach Kinmen. To be honest, I don't know much about it. Listen to you: Jinmen, with five wide rooms and two deep rooms, is a hall-style building with glazed tile cloisters, at the top of Liuyuan. Its name means' Guanzhong is solid and Jincheng is thousands of miles away'. It is the fourth gate of Xiyue Temple, located in the south of Linghao Hall, and is the main entrance.
The front door is lush with flowers and trees and the scenery is quiet. The atmosphere in Kinmen is solemn. Jinshui Bridge, also known as Xianqiao, consists of three arch bridges. Stone lions of different shapes and various precious flowers are carved on the columns of the bridge fence. The carver is exquisite and delicate. There is water under the bridge, named Dai. Water comes from the Duke of Snowy Night in the southeast of the temple and flows into the discharge pool in the back garden of the temple.
I didn't pay much attention to the later visits. There are many goldfish in the health pool, which is a place where children like to play. Feed the fish and experience a leisurely and slow life.
There are peonies, peonies and many cherry trees in the nearby garden. Cherry blossoms and peony are out of date, but peony is still in full bloom. Rest comfortably here, you can experience the momentum of the king and forget all your troubles.
It's morning 10, and we continue our journey. Finally came to Wanshou Pavilion, the commanding height of Xiyue Temple. This is the best scenic spot, overlooking the majesty of Xiyue Temple and looking up at the majesty of Huashan Mountain. Unfortunately, the weather is not very good, and Huashan Mountain is shrouded in fog.
Here, it takes an hour to see the whole Xiyue Temple. How do we walk back? You can go back the way you came, or you can cross the city wall. The walls are connected all around, or you can walk around the city for about 50 minutes. We chose to walk back around the city wall.
The West Temple Scenic Area is very good, but it has been neglected as a subsidiary of Huashan Mountain. If you go to see it yourself, you'd better find a tour guide or translator, so it's more interesting to know the history and origin.
The trip will take about two hours. It is best to prepare water and some snacks. Huayin snacks are very famous. I also heard that there are some special foods such as sesame seeds and big knife noodles. You have to go through them.